Lamar High School Sports In Brief

The Lamar Savages boys soccer team competed in the 32-team single-elimination Class 3A state tournament that got under this weekend.

Lamar, the No. 10 seed, won their first match against No. 23 seed Alexander Dawson, 4-0, in a match played at Lakewood Memorial Stadium on Friday.

On Saturday, Lamar advanced to face No. 7 seed Jefferson and lost a close match by the score of 1-0.

Despite the loss, the Savages had a great season and finished the year with a 12-5 record.

Lamar volleyball

The Lamar High School volleyball team competed in the Tri-Peaks League Tournament held on Saturday, Oct. 27 at Colorado Springs Christian High School.

The Lady Savages competed in Pool 4 and lost their first match to the host CSC Lady Lions by the scores of 25-21, 18-25, and 21-25.

Lamar then defeated Trinidad, 25-9 and 25-20, but did not advance in the tournament because the Lady Savages had to win their pool.

The Lamar High School volleyball team competed in the Tri-Peaks League Tournament held on Saturday, Oct. 27 at Colorado Springs Christian High School.

The Lady Savages competed in Pool 4 and lost their first match to the host CSC Lady Lions by the scores of 25-21, 18-25, and 21-25.

Lamar then defeated Trinidad, 25-9 and 25-20, but did not advance in the tournament because the Lady Savages had to win their pool.

For the right to advance to regional play, Lamar (16-5) needed to finish as one of the top 36 teams in the Max Preps Freeman Rankings. The Lady Savages were ranked No. 14.

With a new post-season format for Classes 3A through 5A, there are 12 regional tournaments instead of eight in past years and each regional has just three teams in the field.

Winners advance to the expanded 12-team state tournament field. Those 12 teams will then be separated into four three-team pools with the pool survivors advancing to the state semifinals on November 10th.

The state championship matches are set for 7:00 p.m. that same night.

#14 Lamar will be competing in the Region 11 Tournament to be held at Roaring Fork High School in Carbondale. Also competing will be #11 Roaring Fork and #26 Frontier Academy

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